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Education Profile Of Singapore Residents Aged 25 Years & Over By Selected Highest Qualification Attained (%), Annual

Data from Jan 2000 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 24 Oct 2024, 16:18 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 13/02/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data pertain to residents (i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents) who were not attending educational institutions as full-time students and include those who were not upgrading their qualifications through part-time courses. For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends). Data for 2000, 2010 and 2020 are based on the Census of Population while data for 2005 and 2015 are based on the General Household Survey. Data for all other years are based on the Comprehensive June Labour Force Survey. Survey estimates are subject to sampling variability. Tertiary refers to diploma, professional and university qualifications.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850701

Data explorer

EducationProfileOfSingaporeResidentsAged25YearsOverBySelectedHighestQualificationAttainedAnnual.csv (6 rows, 1.2 KB)

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No Qualification/Lower Primary10.510.39.811.211.512.11413.913.314.814.915.616.316.420.820.821.922.217.624.424.624.925.821.2
Primary4.84.55.45.86.36.566.57.36.66.9777.44.44.35.15.911.65.36.26.66.713
Lower Secondary6.16.26.48.57.77.98.68.98.499.49.710.110.711.611.813.413.111.414.314.114.214.311.1
Secondary15.51616.516.317.217.817.217.918.918.418.81919.61922.522.821.92221.12222.82424.124
Post-Secondary (Non-Tertiary)10109.4109.19.18.98.99.18.78.79.18.99.55.76.56.36.39.16.46.56.66.68.9
Tertiary53.253.152.448.348.246.745.343.842.942.441.339.638.1373533.931.530.429.127.525.823.722.521.8

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7317a32321dbfad2cbb5b60ca74c9f08"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Education Profile Of Singapore Residents Aged 25 Years & Over By Selected Highest Qualification Attained (%), Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 18, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7317a32321dbfad2cbb5b60ca74c9f08/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)